Do you need a visa for cruise travel? What materials do you need to apply for a cruise visa?

In fact, the documents required for outbound travel by cruise are also necessary. There must be some other documents. Let's take a look at some documents that we must deal with when traveling on a cruise with Bian Xiao.

Do you need a visa? Yes, as follows:

1. Japan-Korea route: visa-free entry.

Japan and South Korea are visa-free for cruise tourists, replaced by entry and landing visa (not completely visa-free).

Landing permit is an application made by an international cruise company with Chinese mainland as its home port to the immigration departments of Japan and South Korea, and it is approved. Then the travel agencies and cruise companies organized by the group ensure that tourists leave the country smoothly or even on time.

At present, all luxury cruise ships operating in China's home port for a long time have obtained the qualification of landing permit, so it is very easy for tourists to go to Japan and South Korea by cruise. It is worth noting that due to the implementation of the guaranteed landing permit system, most cruise tourists have to follow the shore sightseeing itinerary organized by the travel agency all the time, and all tourists have to return to the passenger ship before leaving Hong Kong.

In the past ten years, Royal Caribbean, Costa Rica, Princess Cruises and Tianhai Cruises have all set up fixed routes from China's home port, which is a good choice for tourists who want to take the "virgin cruise", especially when the whole family is traveling together. The visa materials are relatively simple and the processing period is relatively short, which makes more and more tourism "newcomers" realize their dream of going abroad.

Of course, some cruise ships that only use Shanghai as one of the visiting ports (not the home port) and then go to Japan and South Korea, or cruise ships that use Japan/South Korea as their home port, for China tourists, if they need to experience, they have to apply for a tourist visa from the embassy or consulate before leaving.

2. Southeast Asia route: Singapore visa, Thailand, landing visa.

Taking a cruise to experience the culture and customs of Southeast Asia is a holiday all year round. China, Hongkong and Singapore are the main departure ports of Southeast Asian routes. Seeing Halong Bay, Phuket and even crossing the Straits of Malacca from the sea, the trip is easy, and the shore tour is also a city and island tour, which is more suitable for children and the elderly.

3. Mediterranean route: Schengen visa for the country of departure (multiple entry visa).

There are countless cruise ships sailing in the Mediterranean by the world's major luxury cruise companies. The most popular Mediterranean cruise route is the Western Mediterranean route, which passes through Spain, France, Italy, Greece and other countries.

The Mediterranean route will also go to non-Schengen countries along the Mediterranean coast, such as Croatia, Montenegro, Turkey, Tunisia, Cyprus, Morocco, Israel and Egypt. These countries can be visa-free or landing visa, and there is no need to prepare a visa in advance.

The best season for Mediterranean cruise ships is from June to August every year, and the price is also the most expensive. Some savvy tourists choose April-May or 9- 10, and the price is relatively cheap.

4. Caribbean Airlines: US visa

You only need an American visa to enjoy the popular cruise route-the Caribbean route. In the Caribbean, you can enjoy the sunshine and beaches, which is very close to the United States.

Some cruise companies have private islands in the Caribbean, and only their cruise ships can go, such as Labadi and Cocoa Reef in the Royal Caribbean, Princess Reef and Princess Bay in Princess Cruises.

5. Alaska route: American visa, Canadian visa

Alaska routes can basically be divided into "Inner Bay Channel" and "Glacier Bay Channel". Most of the voyages started from Vancouver, Canada or Seattle, USA, sailed to Hubble Glacier and then turned back to the south. The beautiful scenery in high latitudes and even around the polar regions is a magical experience that ordinary land travel can't get. Every August, take the last cruise ship that is about to enter autumn, and you will have the opportunity to enjoy the wonders of the aurora.

6. Australia-New Zealand route: Australian visa, New Zealand visa.

New Zealand and Australia are one of the Pacific routes with long sailing days. The Australia-New Zealand route is located in the southern hemisphere and is one of the few cruise routes in the world. Only when the autumn and winter seasons come in the northern hemisphere every year is the period when cruise tourism in the southern hemisphere heats up.

If it is an Australian cruise ship and a route around New Zealand, then New Zealand can be exempted from visas.

Middle East route: generally, you need to apply for 2-3 UAE visas (this kind of visa is for cruise ships, and ordinary travel agency visas are all one-off, so pay special attention); Oman visa can be applied to landing visa on board. Cruise ships passing through Israel and Egypt can apply for visas on board without applying for visas in advance.

Other popular routes and required visas Bahamas Canal route: US visa

Mexico route: American visa

Nordic route: Schengen visa for the country of departure

South America: transit country visa (partially visa-free)

African route: via national visa (partially visa-free)

Asian route: via national visa (partially visa-free, such as Jeju Island).

(When applying for a Schengen visa, it should be noted that the first visa is mainly a three-month short-term visa. Others, such as residence, work, visas for students and visiting scholars, do not belong to the Schengen agreement, and must apply to the embassy or consulate of the country they are going to, and their conditions depend on the regulations of each country. You should choose the country where you first arrived or the country where you mainly stayed to apply for a visa. If you only go to a designated country, you must apply for a visa for that country. )

What materials do I need to prepare for a cruise visa? Landing visa materials for the China-South Korea route: For the vast majority of tourists with Japanese passports, they only need to submit the original passport, personal information form, household registration book and the front and back copies of ID cards (tourists do not need to have exit records). In addition, due to the guarantee responsibility, the tour group will also require a very small number of tourists to submit more assets, work and other relevant certificates as needed for spot checks by the exit and entry departments of Japan and South Korea and the Chinese border guards.

Except Japan and South Korea, there is no difference between the materials required for cruise visas on other routes and ordinary visas, except that there is an additional ticket or ticket reservation, which mainly requires two types of materials: personal information and asset documents.

Personal information includes: passport, front and back of ID card, household registration book (home page, household registration book home page, personal page);

Asset vouchers include: house book/car book, etc. The higher the market value of assets, the better.

Some guests need to provide other information (such as employment certificate, salary flow, health certificate, inspection exemption and other documents) due to reasons such as age/traveler structure. , should be supplemented according to the received email notification.

The information provided must be true and the original is clear and complete, otherwise it will be invalid.

What kind of asset certificate can be qualified? Asset certificate mainly refers to the choice of property ownership certificate, vehicle driving license and deposit certificate.

If you have a room book, please provide it directly to avoid adding other information twice. Both private property and public property can be used. The information on the real estate license is true and stamped with the seal of the issuing unit. If there is no title certificate, you can provide the purchase contract+purchase invoice instead. Small property houses, private houses and rural adobe houses are not allowed as long as they are not stamped by the formal state.

If there is no room, you can have a vehicle driving license or a motor vehicle registration certificate. However, Li Xia, BYD, QQ and so on. The price of the whole vehicle is too low.

There is no room book/car book, only deposits, and you need to go to the bank to freeze assets. The freezing requirement covers 2 months after the return date, and the amount is not less than RMB 50,000/person.

Some guests will ask for "refund of deposit", and the specific amount will be subject to the staff's reply, with a maximum of 50,000 yuan/person.

For family travel, you can provide visa pages of developed countries such as Europe, America, Australia and Japan to apply for no assets.